Corkscrew



'(No Model.)

' L. C. ST'OLL.

GORKSGREW. No. 593,700. l Patented Nov. 16,1897.

INVEN T09 UNITEDv STATESv 'PATENT OFFICE.

" LOUis O. sTOLL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CORKSCREW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593 ,700,dated November 16, 1897. n

Application filed -Tuly 29,1897. Serial No. 646,306. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIs C. STOLL, a citizenof the United States, residing at Brooklyn in the county of Kings and State of 'New' York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvementsin Corkscrews, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to corkscrews; and it consists of an improvement in devices of the kind described and claimed by me in an application filed in the United States Patent Office April 30, 1897, Serial No. 634,523; and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class by means of which the cork or stopper of a bottle or similar vessel may be quickly and easily withdrawn therefrom, a further object being to provide a device of this class in which the corkscrew is connected with a shaft which passes through a casing which supports a collar or ring which is adapted to rest on the end of the neck of a bottle or other vessel, said casing being provided with devices by means of which the screw may be moved vertically of said casing and away from the bottle or other vessel, so as to withdraw the cork or stopper and with these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction, combination, 4and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following speciiication, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- I Figure 1 is a side View of my improved corkscrew; Fig. 42, a partial central vertical section thereof; Fig. 3, a partial back view thereof; and Fig. 4, a side view .of a detail of the construction, which will be hereinafter described.

In the drawings forming part of this specication the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same numerals of referencein each of the views, and in the practice of my invention I provide a frame comprising a head 5, having downwardly-directed side arms 6, at the lower ends of which is a flaring ring or collar 7, and the head 5 is provided with an upwardly-directed tubular extension 8, in the back of which is formed a vertical slot 9.

The head 5 is provided with a transverse opening 10, and pivoted therein, at 11, is a lever 12, which is provided with a head 13, in which is formed a vertical opening 14, and pivoted in the Outer end of the opening 14 of the head of said lever, as shown at 15, is a dog 16, which is provided at its upper end with a forwardly-directed lug or projection 17, and at each side thereof, midway between said lug or projection and the pivotal point, at 15, with a projecting pin 18, and the head 13 of the lever 12 is provided on the upper side thereof and at each side of Ythe opening 14 with an upwardly and backwardly directed prong or projection 19, and these prongs or projections 19 operate in connection with the pins 18 on the dog 16. Secured to one of the arms 6, below the head 5, is a spring 20, which is carried upwardly and which presses upon the back of the dog 16 and which is adapted to slide thereover.

Passing vertically through the slot 5 and through the opening 14 in the head of the lever 12 and through the tubular extension 8 of the head 5 is a shaft 22, and said shaft is provided near its upper end with any enlarged portion, whereby an annular shoulder 24 is formed, and the upper end of said enlargedV portion is provided with a liange 25, which is adapted to rest on the upwardly-directed extension 8 of the head 5, and below the annularV shoulder 24 are a plurality of collars 26, said shaft being reduced in size so as to form said collars, and the forwardly-directed lug or projection 17 on the dog 16 is adapted to operate in connection with said collars 26 and the annular shoulder 24 in the operation of the device, as hereinafter described, and the said lug or projection 17 is alsoadapted to move in the slot 9, formed in the tubular extension 8 of the head 5, and the lower end of the shaft 22 is provided with an ordinary corkscrew 27, which may be connected therewith in any desired manner.`

Secured to the under side of the lever 12, and near the outer end thereof, is a platespring 28, said spring being projected backwardly in the direction of the head 5, through IOO which the shaft 22 passes, and formed on or side of which is secured an upwardly and backwardly directed spring 30, similarto the spring 2S, and the free ends of these springs come in contact at 31, and the lever 12 and the arm 29 constitute handles for the device and by means of which it is operated, as hereinafter described.

The normal position of the part-s is that shown in Fig. 2, and in this position of the parts the shaft 22 is free to slide or move vertically through the head 5 of the frame, and whenever it is desired to remove the cork or stopper from a bottle, one of which is shown at 32 in Fig. 1 and the neck of the bottle at 33, the device is placed on the neck of the bottle, as shown in said Fig. 1, and the shaft 22 is manipulated by the handle 34, and the screw 27 is passed into the cork in the usual manner.

In the operation of removing the cork all that is necessary is to grasp the lever 12 of the arm 29 in one hand and depress the lever 12, and the first time that the lever 12 is depressed the lug or projection 17 on the dog 16 will pass beneath the annular shoulder 24 on the shaft 22, and said shaft will be forced upwardly through a distance equal to the space between the annular shoulder or projection 24 and the upper collar 2G. The springs 2S and 30 serve to raise the lever 12 automatically, and when the lever 12 is again depressed the lug or projection 17 on the dog 16 will pass under the upper collar 2G on the shaft 22, and said shaft will be again raised to a space equal to that between the collars 26, and this action may be repeated until the stopper is withdrawn from the bottle, as shown in Fig. 1.

The object of the pins 18 on the dog 1G and the prongs or projections 19 is to prevent the spring 2O from forcing the dog 1G inwardly far enough to engage with the annular shoulder 21 and the collars 2G on the shaft 22 when the parts are in the normal position, this being necessary in order that the shaft 22 may be free to slide back and forth and vertically through the head 5, but as the lever 12 is depressed, as hereinbefore described, the upper end of the said dog 1G is forced inwardly, so that it will engage with said annular shoulder 24 and the annular collars 2G, as hereinbefore described.

My improvement is simple in construction and operation, and is perfectly adapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended, while being also comparatively inexpensive, and the operation of the dog 1G is automatic at all times. All that is necessary to work the device after the screw 27 has been passed into the cork is to depress the lever, the raising of said lever being accomplished by the springs 28 and 30.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-d In a corkscrew of the character described, a casing, a vertically-movable shaft mounted therein, a corkscrew secured to the lower end thereof, collars on said shaft, a lever pivotally mounted in a transverse opening of said casing, a dog pivotally mounted in one end of said lever and provided with a shoulder adapted to engage successively the collars on said shaft, a spring secured to said casing and adapted to engage the said dog whereby the same is actuated to successively engage said collars, a spring against the action of which said lever is operated, said dog being provided with a pin and said` lever being provided with a shoulder or projection adapted to engage said pin when the said lever is in the normal position whereby the said dog is held out of engagement with the collars on said shaft, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I clailnthe foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 27th day of July, 1897.

LOUIS C. STOLL.

fitnessess L. M. MULLER, A. C. MeLoUoHLIN. 

